The End for The Walking Dead?

I'm sure it's not the end but come December Image Comics will start the next arc in The Walking Dead #80. It's bad enough that Frank Grimes has to deal with zombies, but was it really necessary to throw flames and a colleague thrown over his shoulder? I know that Robert Kirkman said that no one is safe in the series, so hopefully artist Charlie Adlard illustrates some relatively fair way to die if it really is the end for Grimes. I wouldn't count on it though.